Inner-city African-American parish with school. Outstanding leaders.

Stephen Ministry trains volunteers to help people in need. Strong youth/young adult program with full time minister. Blue Ribbon School.

Small but fast growing parish where hospitality is stressed.

Life-Teen and Catholic Heart Work Camp for youth, Direct aid and service to the poor, Ecumenical and inter-faith encounters,"Consistent Ethic of Life" and social justice awareness, Varied liturgical music offerings

Hospitable suburban church has award winning school, many young families. Co-pastors who innovate. Singles ministry.

Family Life Ministry, Life Teen, IONA Group ministers to and with seniors, Care teams (Support to chroniccally ill and homebound), Habitat for Humanity partnership. .

Addresses needs of fast growing area. Ministries include Blue Army (First Saturday Devotions); Home Visitation ∓ Respite Ministry visits sick, gives caregivers a break.

Associated with Auburn University. Pan Y Vino Retreats, outreach programs.

Suburban with K-8 school with learning disability program. Pastoral care to homebound, comprehensive ∓ flexible RCIA.

Has woman administrator, priest once a month. Small mission church.

Diverse, growing community. High lay involvement. Active Hispanic community.

Masses offered in Spanish and English.

100 active lay ministries, originated national Life Teen program ∓ now trains other parishes, strong music. Paz de Cristo Center serves meals to homeless, nursery ∓ pre-school.

Retreat ministry offers several retreats each year; Alienated Catholics anonymous helps Catholics rediscover their faith through a six-week program; several charity and justice service ministries.

Christ Renews His Parish retreats revitalize parishioners ∓ creates leaders; strong Life Teen; Ministries of Stewardship in its 6th year.

Welcoming church with lively music liturgies,Perpetual Adoration, Life Teen, Single Parent Group, paid Family Life Director, school, JUBILUS (an annual musical dinner/play production)..

Welcoming, multicultural community. Known for choirs, good outreach, ability of 3 cultures to work together.

Strong on community outreach, Sunday gospel Mass.

Welcoming atmosphere, Young Ministering Adults, Faith Groups, sense of community, strong music, Peace ∓ Justice Ministry.

Welcoming atmosphere with a strong sense of community, Small Christian communities, Twenty five active ministries to parishioners and community,Works ecumenically on housing and immigration issues.

Hospitable, multicultural, offers 9 Masses in 5 languages. Professional liturgist ∓ presiders, contracted musicians, faith-sharing groups. Emphasis on unity.

Renewal weekends monthly bring about healing ∓ strengthen faith. SCYN Youth Night twice montly with Mass ∓ program in hall. Bilingual relig. ed. for children ∓ parents.

Strong evangelization team; religious education program draws hundreds of children; multicultural congregation.

Suburban, good outreach to children, Seniors. High lay involvement, enthusiastic Pastoral Council.

Urban bilingual cluster parish with liturgy preparation team, bilingual pastoral council. Popular parish fiestas.

Wide variety of programs for all ages. Youth Program, Seniors Group, Project Response provides food to homeless.

Multicultural with Masses in English ∓ Spanish. Bilingual initiation process ∓ Sacramental preparation. Collaborates on projects with churches of other denominations.

Trilingual parish with 12 ethnic groups, quality liturgy, preaching, music. Tutoring programs in local schools, 4 month Winter Shelter, volunteers for GED program, days of prayer ∓ reflection.

Stewardship parish that's developing small faith communities. Hospitable, strong returning Catholics program.

Strong, enthusiastic liturgies, homilies. Lifeworks program for families with young children, social justice consciousness, many creative programs.

Strong Life Teen program, weekly Prayer Group, and Jovenes para Christo, a young adult group that meets for outreach ∓ social activities.

Masses in Cantonese ∓ English. Strong choir, community center, youth activitites.

Emphasizes hospitality, justice, stewardship. 65 Small Church Communities with full time Director. Liturgy ∓ Music with full time Directors.

Young, fast growing parish built a chapel of hay bales. Founded with a lay Pastor, Befriender Program, emphasis on stewardship, strong liturgies.

Hispanic, all Masses in Spanish. Strong music with 3 choirs. Adult Ed. with good participation in workshops, good Youth activities.

Welcoming parish with many support groups. Lay participation encouraged.

All Masses in Spanish. Special attention given to children's needs through mentoring, tutoring, athletics, more. Strong Social Action Committee addresses myriad needs of community.

Prayer and meditation garden; senior friendship group; masses in Spanish and English.

Strong music program includes adult chorale with 100 members, Hispanic choir, children's ∓ teen's choir.

Diverse Hispanic community with many nationalities. Ministry to sick, homebound, 2 nursing homes. Strong lay supported RCIA, 38 classes of Relig. Ed. run by a full time lay DRE, community classes, fiestas.

Ministry to high school youth; Life in the Spirit seminars lead people to a richer faith; numerous outreach ministries including aid to a sister diocese in Haiti.

Has 4 Mission churches to serve diverse inner-city groups. Promotes formation of Base Communities.

Mix of ethnic ministries including a Haitian ministry.

Mixed Anglo ∓ Hispanic parish. Sense of responsibiltiy among members, good training of leaders.

Excellent Spanish and English liturgies, child and adult day care centers, school. Religious and adult education, Catholics Coming Home, works with Habitat for Humanity.

Suburban church with strong RCIA, program to help local soup kitchen. Has a Spanish Mass, MOMS program- spirituality for young mothers.

Scripture classes, Lecture Series, programs for Seniors, "Family, Friends, ∓ Chicken Soup" provides non-medical assistance to those in need.

Stewardship parish that provides tuition free school.

Numerous human concerns ministries; parish festival.

Young, welcoming. Strong Stewardship Ministry, day-care center, youth summer camp, strong youth ministries. Starting new school for pre-K through 8.

Predominantly Hispanic/Latino parish with excellent Dominican preaching, prayerful liturgies, strong RCIA and lay formation programs, collaborative leadership. Runs a successful senior daycare/club with local community hospital.

Urban, focuses on family in religious education with great success, Thirty base communities help evangelization, Masses in Spanish and English, Serves Florida International University, Over fifty parish groups and ministries.

Weekend retreats, small communitites, Perpetual Adoration. Full immersion baptismal font, supports Food for the Poor, Habitat for Humanity. Active Thrift Shop supports aid to poor.

Small parish founded in 1940. Strong Children's Relig. Ed., Bereavement Committee.

Small faith communities, religious education with emphasis on adult formation, outreach to recent Hispanic immigrants.

Ministries to the homebound and hospitalized, well-attended women's Bible study, 10 choirs.

Energetic, participatory suburban parish with 225 helping Liturgical Ministries alone. Quality liturgical music, K-8 school.

Evangelistic Retreats offered quarterly, small faith communities, hospitable staff ∓ members, signing for deaf at Mass. Strong Life Teen Group ∓ Mass with rock music. Over 100 creative programs.
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Multicultural church with strong outreach, peace ∓ justice programs. Newly renovated worship space "in the round," welcoming all a priority.

Program to move gospel to workplace, youth ministry, school, religious education for handicapped children.

Open, hospitable, urban African American parish with baptismal pool. Strong choirs, women's prayer group, men's club, scripture sharing group.

Dynamic 150-year-old parish, K-8 school, social care outreach to seniors and the poor in the parish neighborhood, prayerful liturgies, good music and preaching.

Rural cluster of 3 parishes without a resident priest. Run by woman religious.

Largest Hispanic parish in the Midwest. Strong religious education with 750 enrolled. Elementary school. Lay leadership encouraged.

Works with community group on health care, housing, and social justice, Wonderful mix of parishioners by blood, culture and point of view, Top flight RCIA, Huge celebrations on Pentecost, first Sunday of Advent and Palm Sunday,monthly book club.

Full time minister of Justice ∓ Outreach at this welcoming church where good preaching is the norm. Religious ed for all ages from cradle to grave.

Strong Bible teaching ministry with an emphasis on praise ∓ worship. Large youth ministry and men's ∓ women's ministries. Known for social justice activism, street ministry ∓ programs.

Parishioners focus on strengthening one another's faith; many youth programs with wide participation; men's faith group; Yesterday's Kids for senior volunteers; parenting classes; young mothers ministry.

Urban, Hispanic with large youth center, Small Christian Communities, and powerful community organizing and economic development group which helps with housing to day care.

Inclusive, hospitable, huge yearly block party. Works for adult literacy, HIV/kids, food bank, homeless shelter, outreach to needy.

Eucharist-centered, excellent music,homilies relevant to people's lives.

Welcoming parish that encourages lay involvement, collaborative leadership, prayerful liturgies, Peace and Social Justice Commission, Consoling Hearts which ministers to the bereaved.

Multicultural parish with welcoming attitude.

Stewardship parish with tuition free schooling for parishioners K-12. Helping Hands program, Over 50's and Social Support Group address members needs.

Downtown church reaches out to poor. Strong on hospitality, dynamic liturgy with involved lay people.

Encourages members to bring Christ to the workplace, open to change, encourages lay involvement.

Welcoming and accessible parish, collaborative leadership, excellent liturgy and music. Youth ministry. Hospital visitation, ministry to sick, homebound.

Teen Connection youth program ;Pastor does radio show for teens. Ministry to the homebound. Support group for singles/divorced. Parish School.

Spirit of togetherness, grade school children can serve as Lectors, good ecumenical cooperation, RCIA, ministerial alliance.

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Strong on social justice, eco-awareness. High lay involvement. Strong relig. ed. for all ages.

School, Stephen ministry, Emmaus House.

Stewardship parish with welcoming atmosphere. Large, strong, fast growing RCIA program.

Strong RCIA, sacrament program, and vacation Bible school; bereavement care; music ministry.

Welcoming parish has "Super Greeters" at every Mass. Lifelong Learning Center, Outreach Ministries.

Strong social justice and liturgical base.

Strong music program with Gospel ∓ Traditional Choirs, food pantry, guest speakers.

Multiracial parish, provides partial tuition funding for masters theological education for parishioners in return for ministry work.

Strong Life Teen program, vibrant music mininstry.

Strong Life Teen program.

Active social justice ∓ peace commission. Supports Habitat, hunger prevention, homeless shelters, more. Young families involved with Sunday Liturgies for Children. Family groups. Strong homilies in an active, family oriented parish.

Multi-ethnic church. Sunday youth Mass with high teen involvement. Student friendly religious education. Summer work camps for teens.

Masses in Spanish and English; social outreach ministries.

Strong music programs, small faith groups, ministries to the sick and hurting, high lay involvement in social justice programs, religious education for English- and Spanish-speaking youth, child care, grade school, after school tutoring.

Suburban parish, has Tagalog and Filipino masses, emphasizes hospitality and community, faith formation for all ages.

Pastor who encourages lay leadership, strong music program, 15 youth groups, 11 basketball teams. Emphasis on participation, discipleship, enthusiasm.

Ministry to prepare homeless for independent living, One Time Only Program for volunteers to sample ministries or projects, many outreach ∓ service ministries.

Masses in Portugese and English. Several choirs; Haitian ministry; outreach programs.

Strong commitment to music, liturgy. Children's Liturgy of the Word, pre-school programs, non-graded approach to sacremental preparation. Collaborative parish life. Recently renovated 100 year old Romanesque Gothic church.

Deals well with parish growth. Strong liturgy, newly restored historic church, programs for kids, Gen X, Seniors.
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Masses in English and Spanish; Adult, Spanish and youth choirs; charismatic prayer group.

151 years old, this urban parish has learned to adapt to a changing city. Stays focused on their vision of unity. Great lay participation in all aspects of parish life.

Friendly parish that serves a diverse congregation.

Faith ∓ Profession Groups have adult volunteers in various professions meet with students to help meld ideas of work and faith.

A diverse, welcoming urban congregation that stresses stewardship, social action, justice and advocacy.

Spontaneous prayers of faithful during Mass. Collaborative spirit between leadership, lay people. Emphasis on learning, personal development. Suicide support group.

Family ministry with parents as catechists. Strong RCIA. Social justice emphasis at this parish that serves U. of Michigan students.

Woman religious is pastoral administrator; Befriender ministry.

Emphasizes social justice and community outreach, Counceling services, School of Spirituality, Small faith-sharing groups, Singles ministry and family religious education.

Stewardship parish whose school has conflict management/media literacy program. Thriving Life Teen Program and Mass.

Strong pastoral outreach, Stephen Ministry, Faith Formation. Particpative liturgy. Many volunteer opportunities.

More than 5,000 attend weekend liturgies; strong liturgy; community prayer; Christian life enrichment ministries; staff on call 24 hours a day; non-profit Leaven Center develops people, programs, and parishes.

Generation Cross TV Show for Gen Xers. Ignation Retreats 4 times/year. Faith ∓ Work Breakfast Series with nationally known speakers. Church is accessible through skyway.

Masses in Spanish, English. Ministers to adults with special mental, physical needs. Strong social justice ∓ outreach: shelter for homeless men, residence for Native American women recovering from chemical dependency. Ministry to 8 nursing homes.

Rural parish with strong core groups in the liturgical ministries, good parental involvement in school, active Pastoral Council. Parishioners are mostly of German descent.

Liturgies often have guest speakers. Strong music program. Welcome speaker starts each Mass.

Dynamic liturgy in African-American tradition, involved in parish's neighborhood.

Suburban stewardship parish with tuition-free, award-winning school. 6 choirs, multiculturally and socio-economically diverse, children's liturgies.

Neighborhood outreach, emergency assistance hospitality.
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Strong Life Teen program, Marriage Encounter, retreats, music program.

Excellent liturgies and music, diverse congregation includes all ages, Religious education program for k-12.

Redesigned church for modern liturgies, outreach to community. Diverse cross section of members.

Emphasizes daily Christian living, practical homilies, develops lay leadership, collaborative leadership.

Effective lay pastoral leadership, solid liturgy.

Known for strong liturgy. Youth ministry

Strong, innovative inner-city school; famed Freedom Choir. Multi-cultural parish. Sign language interpreters.

Strong youth ministry, family based relig. ed., outreach ministry. Sense of community.

Extensive social ministries include parish-run nursing home and credit union, has built housing for more than 5,000 and turned former church into offices and restaurants.

Urban parish with strong RENEW 2000 program. Catholic Young Adults of Hoboken has spiritual, community outreach, social activities for the age 21-29 crowd. Youth Mass Sunday nights.

Counseling services with fees based on ability to pay. Family breakfasts monthly, help for Battered Women, Perpetual Adoration.

Innovative, thoughtful liturgy; Cornerstone Weekend Retreats; 20s and 30s ministry; soup kitchen ministry; funeral preparation and reception.

Suburban parish has Cornerstone Retreats. Total parish religious education includes all ages, creatively. Strong, varied outreach ministries administered by lay committees.

Cursillo weekend retreats; 25-plus singles group; youth ministry.

Growing predominantly African American church with strong bereavement ministry, Gospel choirs. RCIA with mandate to become involved in ministry.

Emphasizes Christian community through small faith-sharing groups and "Cornerstone" spiritual renewal prgram, active parishioner involvement in liturgical ministries.

Orientation for new members who are asked to sign a covenant. Support groups, bereavement ministry, retreats.

Youth program; three choirs; social concerns committee.

Strong parochial education, rehabilitates and sells abandoned houses to first-time homeowners, urban retreat center for lay ministry training.

High lay involvement at this parish with Masses in Spanish ∓ English. Strong Life Teen program.

LIFETEEN, AIDS outreach, Adult faith formation, Children and youth faith formation.

Strong parental leadership in parochial school and Life Teen program, Spanish and English masses, volunteer program, outreach to shut-in elderly, parish nurse program.

High lay involvement; Masses in English and Spanish.

Largely Hispanic parish where lay leadership emphasized through various Ministry Programs. Small Faith Sharing Groups, Spanish Masses.

Creative, multiple ministries. Imaginative use of building spaces.

Lay involvement encouraged; efforts to move the gospel into the workplace at this hospitable parish.

Serves inner-city neighborhood with hot meal twice weekly at the "welcome table." Furniture program distributes to needy. Inclusive community. Evangelization program.

Liturgy and religious education focused on family, RCIA.

Ministries to business/corporate community, strong music programs, various social ministries to city area, good lay involvement.

Emphasizes lay ministry, consolation ministry, RCIA, small church communities.

Homeless shelter. Welcome Table serves 1000 meals each Sunday, Christians in Recovery group, Young Singles, Small Church Communities.

Historically Hispanic parish with ministry to shut ins, sacramental preparation, youth prayer group.

Suburban with large school. Family Faith attends to formation of family as unit. Social Ministry with much lay involvement.

Soup kitchen, strong music ministry and preaching, emphasis on baptism, strong Sunday morning religious education programs.

7 weekend Masses. Variety of music, concerts, parish retreats. Inter-parish program for after school religious education, Strong RICA program.

Known as the Actors' Chapel. High lay participation especially in liturgy, strong choir. A diverse congregation of locals, tourists, theatre folk, business people who work in area.

Comprehensive ministry of consolation/bereavement with support group. Personalized attention ∓ education for parents prior to baptisms. Social ministry/outreach has high lay participation.

Strong adult education program.

Strong faith formation programs, jail ministry, workfare assistance.

Strong social justice efforts. Bereavement ministry, involved in public policy issues. School ∓ strong youth ministry.

Small, young rural parish with high involvement. Young Mom's Program, solid Religious Education, family activities, active Music Ministry.

Large parish with lively worship, abundant programs, outreach and opportunities for service. Small communities, Migrant ministry, Consolation ∓ Care, Young Adults.

Large suburban parish with well planned, trained catechists for children's faith formation. Health Care Ministry, AIDS Care Teams, much direct Social Ministry.

Strong music, varied support groups, stong on stewardship, berevement ministry, perpetual adoration.

Promotes one-on-one evangelism with estranged Catholics, seasonal social ministries, assists local Hispanic community, emphasis on music.

Life Teen, CAPS (Children of Aging Parents Support Group), Hunger Task Force, Habitat for Humanity, Ministry of Presence (Grief Support).

Liturgy/Music that encompasses all ages; ministry to sick; bereaved programs have full-time ministers. Wellness program, strong RCIA; formation, day school for 240 children.

Dynamic African American parish with strong ministry, outreach to youth. Joint programs with K-8 school ∓ new Family Center adjacent to church. Small but fast growing church.

One parish with six worship sites administered by three priests and three pastoral ministers; small base Christian communities; youth ministry.

Small rural church. Evenings for married couples with catered meal, speaker, renewal of vows. Creative religious ed, strong support to local soup kitchen.

Adult Renewal with yearly parish missions, outreach ministry, Habitat for Humanity. BREAD program (Building Respect, Equality ∓ Dignity), ministry to the sick, guest lecturers.

St. Malachi is home to two distinct parishes that join in many projects; Malachi House provides care for the terminally ill; Malachi Mart offers low-cost shopping and is a fundraiser for other activities.

Strong youth participation in liturgies, African dance and drumming training, teaches youth traditional African-American Christian values, weekly adult Bible studies, religious education/information is rooted in Rites of Passage process.

Urban parish with school.

Youth group with service opportunities. Wellness programs, large children's religious education program. Reflective Prayer Group, Bible Study Classes, several outreach programs. Involves members in decisions affecting parish.

Strong sense of commitment, extended learning, lecture series, leadership training.

Comprehensive youth ministry; seminars for loved ones of inactive Catholics; children's Liturgy of the Word.

Very active youth group with retreats, service projects, social functions. Two Choirs, Epiphany Classics (Over 55 Group).

Spirited, dynamic liturgies with much participation in worship, ministries, singing. Outreach ∓ evangelization to inactive Catholics through Journey of Faith program. Many ∓ active small Christian communities.

Ecumenical programs, community involvement.

Diverse parish stresses inclusiveness, social responsibility.

After school tutoring, summer camp, small faith groups, strong music program. Diverse mix of people. High lay involvement in social justice projects.

Emphasis on strong youth programs.

Dining hall for homeless, inclusive ∓ lively worship, lay woman administrator.

Multi-cultural parish, Outreach to Hispanic community, Excellent k-12 Faith Formation Program.

Clustered parish works to preserve traditions, devotions, while encouraging needed changes and programs.

Samaritan House for terminally ill with 24 hour staffing by community volunteers. Sister-parish in Jamaica, funeral brunches, soup kitchen visits. Steady RCIA particpation. Shared wisdom process to make consensus decisions for parish.

Kindergarten and elementary school, outreach program to shut-ins and marginalized people, active senior citizen program.

Home to a large Spanish-speaking community ∓ has established many programs to include all in parish life.

Emphasizes stewardship and parishioner ownership of parish life through youth and young adult ministries, stewardship committee, and parish school.

Parish nurse program, health clinic, legal clinic staffed by professionals from the parish.

Charismatic renewal programs, weekly prayer program for children, perpetual Echaristic adoration.

Welcoming parish with ministries including: Spirtual Direction, Employment, Divorce and Separated Support Groups, Counseling Group, Complete education program.

Small rural parish with Scripture ∓ Sacramental educational progams for adults. Prison ministry with weekly visits to 2 local prisons ∓ Mass in Spanish. High lay involvement.

Growing urban parish, integrated school, strong liturgies and music.

Strong senior ministry, social outreach, music ministries. Works ecumenically for social action.

Hispanic ministry, efforts to oppose capital punishment, ministry to death row inmates, extensive ministry to the sick, bilingual RCIA.

Urban parish with strong, varied social outreach. Built 3 hermitages for members to use for prayer ∓ solitude.

Health ministry, Award-winning African American choir evangelizes through music. Social Action Committee. SALT is young adult group for spiritual, service activities.

Thriving Christian education program, many adults involved in youth program.

Large, urban Hispanic parish strives for liturgies that speak to members in their language ∓ culture. Nationally broadcast bilingual Mass. Intensive leadership development in ministries.

Evangelism and visitation, multi-ethnic congregation, ministry to the poor.

Life Teen, 50 percent of parish under 18 years old, welcoming, lay involvement and empowerment.

Large Hispanic and Anglo congregation; extensive social ministries; outstanding parochial school and family ministries; emphasis on stewardship, worship, and parishioners' spiritual life.

Ministries for poor, elderly, sick, single parents, bereaved, ∓ homebound; youth programs, promotes ecumenical involvement in the community, English ∓ Spanish Masses. Has full time directors for youth, religious education, liturgy, social ministries.

Multicultural suburban church with large, strong Religious Education program. High lay involvement in ministries with 1000 adults actively involved. Encourages members to know one another by name. RCIA tries to bring non-Catholic spouses to church.

Weekly adult Bible studies, share groups, large senior citizen volunteer group, active ministry to the sick.

Active African American parish with youth ministry; Bible study groups; charismatic prayer group.

Affluent parish of 2500 households, large lay involvement, effective children's formation in litugical prayer, well baby clinic.

Mixed Hispanic ∓ Anglo parish with strong on Marriage Prep, RCIA. Large Hispanic youth ministry.

Program for Senior Citizens that is making a difference in this barrio parish. Strong music program, welcoming atmosphere, vigorous religious ed. program ∓ leaders.

Masses in English, Spanish. Participative liturgies, 100 faith sharing groups, RCIA ∓ adult formation with full time minister. Womb to tomb religious education.

Urban parish with spirit of openness to all; half of Masses in Spanish. Strong RCIA. 75% Hispanic (Mexian-American), 25% European background.

Several social justice programs: Spirit House for women, Winter Shelter for homeless, soup kitchen ministry, planned Spirit House II for men. Catechumenate for adults, children. Tithing parish emphasizes stewardship.

Winter Shelter for homeless, Singles Group. Soup ∓ Sacrament during Lent.

James River Correctional Center and Goochland Women's Correctional Center Prison ministries, Have over 450 children in parish school and 750 children in Christian Formation, ministers to 5 nursing homes.

Hospitable suburban parish with ministries to sick, homebound, homeless outreach. Inclusive liturgy strives for relevancy.

Social ministry focused on housing; strong community involvement in liturgical ministries, comprehensive youth programs. Campus ministry to U. of Richmond.

Multicultural parish characterized by strong sense of community, all communications and celebrations bilingual, social outreaches include home for unwed mothers and health fairs, strong religious education program.

High parishioner involvement in liturgy ministry, mentoring program for students, single annual stewardship pledge, religious education for about 1,500 children and youth.

Multi-racial congregation, contemporary and gospel masses.

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Multicultural parish with Masses in Spanish, English, weekly; Vietnamese monthly. Holds regional Evangelization Congress annually with speakers from U.S. ∓ Latin America. Strong Religious Education ∓ Youth Ministry programs.

Primarily Mexican congregation, outreach to the poor and marginalized, education for Hispanic parents and children, English and Spanish masses.

Multicultural Masses. Life Teen, strong RCIA, 2 Spanish youth groups, Grief ∓ Bereavement Committee. Small base communities in Spanish ∓ English.

Racially and socio-economically diverse congregation, winter shelter program for homeless, soup kitchen, critically acclaimed music ministry, RCIA, many young single adults.

Bilingual religious education for Anglo/Hispanic congregation, many ministries in Spanish, sacramental preparation programs.

Fosters lay involvement in worship, clothing drives, food distribution to the poor, 24 eucharistic celebrations weekly, RCIA, Coming Home.

Non-geographic Hispanic parish that provides a "home away from home." Services include Language, ETC. with ESL, GED, ∓ citizenship classes to over 1,500 students of all ages. Tutoring, employment help, Sunday cafeteria service.

Oldest predominantly African American parish in Washington; emphasizes spiritual, social and economic development.

Mostly Spanish speaking with Masses in 3 languages. Spanish speaking Charismatic movement develops leaders ∓ evangelizes, catechetical program for Spanish speaking children, liturgical celebrations.

Great liturgies, successful RCIA shares coordinator with other parishes in city; strong lay leadership, lay run Taize prayer.

Masses in Spanish, English. Thursday Meal Program for those in need with a children's reading program. Survival English/Spanish 8 week language study. Dance lessons with all ages on Sunday afternoons builds community. Winter Fund Raiser Dance.

Committed to prayerful, creative liturgy ∓ a family based religious education, RCIA. Lay people feel empowered in ministries, energetic youth program. Variety of samll faith sharing groups.

Large, well-organized parish with a Latin American Center for Hispanic members. Strong Stewardship Committee, Human Concerns Group addresses different outreach needs each month.